Fence-post



' o. 749,94 "PATENTED JAN. 19, 190.4,

' H. McPERON.

FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED we. 10, 1903.

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Patented January 19, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MGFERON, OF BURNSVILLE, INDIANA.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,944, dated January 19, 1904. A li ti fil d August 10, 1908; Serial No. l68,962. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM MoFERoN, of Burnsville, in the county of Bartholomew and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in fence-posts, and more particularly to such as are adapted for use at the corner of lines of fencing, the object of the invention beingto construct a corner fence-post in such manner that it will be capable of withstanding all strains to which it may be subjected and to produce such'a fence-post at a minimum cost both in material, time, and labor. 7

With this object in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a fence-post embodying my improvements, and Fig, 2 is ahorizontal sectional View through the line 00 w of Fig. 1.

1 represents a post which is preferably made of metal piping and has secured to its lower ends, by means of any suitable fastening devices, two parallel bars or blocks 2 2, preferably of wood, said bars or blocks being embedded in the earth at the lower end of the post.

An anchor 3 of any suitable materialsuch as wood, iron, or stone is embedded in the earth a short distance laterally from the lower end of the post,-and beyond the other side of the post approximately level with the surface of the ground another anchor 4, preferably of stone or brick, is located. A metal rod, either round or angular in cross-section, is coiled between its ends around the tubular post 1 at a point coincident with the ground-level and is prevented from becoming embedded in the ground by means of a pin 5, passed through the post. One arm, 6, of the metal brace is extended downwardly and laterally from the post, and its lower end is passed through the anchor 3. To secure the arm 6 to the anchor, the former is provided at its free end with an eye 7 for the passage of a pin or key 8. The other arm, 9, of the metal brace extends laterally in a horizontal direction from the post and passes through an eye 10 on the anchor 4, the free end of said arm 10 being bent to form a hook 11. A tubular bar or brace 12 is secured at its'upper end to the tubular post 1 some distance-above the ground-line and extends approximately to the anchor 4 and receives the hooked end 11 of arm 10 of the metal brace. r

A fence-post constructed as above described is cheap to manufacture, easy to set up, and capable of withstanding the greatest strains which are ever brought to bear against the corner of a fence-post.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A fence-post structure, comprising a post, a tubular brace secured at its upper end to the post and terminating near the ground-line,

cured to the lower end of said last-mentioned arm.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specificatlon mthe presence of two subscribmg witnesses.

HIRAM MoFERON.

Witnesses:

Q. 0. Moon, A. R. ANDERSON. 

